WAY OF PRESERVING

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7173, 27 May 1885, Page 4

WAY OF PRESERVING

J^/sßmMßwißritish Azistralasian.) HK^^^l^i 01 ". of Messrs Jauies r p. several gentlemen MB^^^Ynfmeat-DreaerYing -were preK^^^W%Qi©xperiments, having for preservation of animal j^^l^^^tperations were carried out of Mr Wickes, at immediate superiuBarff himself, by • afinmjil sl^l^ om TTniversity, College preparation kaowa as boro-gly-||||lil| w^poiipd invented by Proconsisting of glycerine has been expelled ianhydrousboracic acid, of which is C3H5803. bas been used to prefood ranging from the to the plebeian sprat, sausages. It has also used in hospitals, but dressing for conducted by Messrs Morrison and Zealand for and were for the purtesting this article aB a A couple of sheep operation, which ra^d|Sf|6He;; injeciion of a solution p^fl|d?igiy^ferldi! at a {certain presT 'and arteries of the ||P!iiimniediately after death ; a I being used to force |||p|pffes&^ ;i 'lef t in the system after I^^liniethod of slaughtering. The f .bepomeß absorbed into the iH fia|ahd«itisßues of the animal, and [ l|pii||is.vconfidently anticipated, is ffi^tttipreßervative for a very long indeed, over many animal . that has been |||i§§^d#is skinned and dressed in way in about three hours frafP^flSThis is necessary, as after the skin becomes rigid and jipuiWio^rpnioye without damaging of the carcase. The (^si|tfrjocliss.pf slaughtering and injeclittle over half-an-hour, this time will of reduced. It is the total cost of prethis method will be This was only the / ent upon a whole animal, one could scarcely be ||f||if(|%p^cd.nclusive as it is hoped this first experiment was |^pa^|w'upo'n a sheep which was desmj^^^iinp'qn a, voyage in *he Ceylon, xJH^Uiflnx. weeks had passed the steward 4 fcesh meat had run Bhort, so If $$jsfasJßi6\ ;Was cooked. It was proby all who tasted it. to send the sheep, snbby sailing Zealand, and the result waited for by all ing|||Ke^in! ;:tbe question of meat preserdoes not interfere MMlfts^r^eryative qualities ot boro|^^^id.ej f ;and ' numberless experiments egi»p, cheese, soups, jams, &c, are stated to imralj^lMrathat it is perfectly innoouW^B%sW9^ latest experiments prove 1^ §|Eupand Professor BarfF holds t%eiroiia;little room for doubt on the ic|^;Ke.willbave solved the problem ||OTeyentipn of putrification, and Spe|lß|up. the question of our foreign [ie£^'u'pon. which we shall have to f4|ffiSre>and more every year ; and probable, by this process it r^|fcha|]Srew Zealand and Austras 'can';be placed here at prices proelpVr^ what- it can be at present, (jr^fis's .may 'well be described as tflipDary. [The sheep referred to InfbQsrd "the Connaught Ranger, ||ioion to Port Chalmers.]